The board of Shanghai-based photovoltaic (PV) component producer JA Solar has approved a share repurchase programme authorising the company to reacquire up to $100m of the company's American Depositary Shares (ADS).
The arrangement is effective immediately and allows the company to purchase ADSs on the open market at prevailing rates, in negotiated transactions off the market and in block trades.
Three cities in India are installing LED (light-emitting diode) lamps as part of a global effort to switch to better, more energy-efficient lighting.
Thane, Kolkata and Haldia have all joined The Climate Group's global LED project and are working to replace existing streetlights with longer-lasting, high-efficiency LEDs. Kolkata expects to install 273 LED streetlights as part of a pilot program, while Haldia plans to put up 290 LED lamps and Thane is aiming for 314 retrofits.
Japan's ruling Democratic Party has reached an agreement with the main opposition parties late last week to pass a bill designed to promote renewable energy, an opposition lawmaker said, setting the stage for unpopular Prime Minister Naoto Kan to resign once the law is enacted, according to Reuters.
China's National Energy Administration (NEA) announced Sunday that the country's total electric power consumption rose 12.2 percent from a year earlier to 2.69 trillion kilowatt-hours (kwh) during the first seven months of this year.
An eco-friendly building at Taiwan's National Cheng Kung University (NCKU) has achieved LEED Platinum certification -- the highest level of recognition from the US Green Building Council, the university announced Thursday.
US solar sector supply chain producer Spire has become the latest US company in the solar sector to establish a base in India with the launch of a new subsidiary in Bangalore.
Solar modules manufacturer Surana Ventures has signed up AEG Power Solutions to provide to electrical systems for a 5MW solar power plant in Gujarath, India.
This is the latest in a string of deals for AEG Power Solutions in India. Since march is has picked up contracts encompassing 25 MW of solar farm developments across the country. As a result of increased demand the company is building a new factory in Bangalore.
Indonesia's first green, earthquake-proof hospital will be built as part of the University of Indonesia (UI) development plan for its new School of Medicine, in Depok, south of Jakarta, according to the Jakarta Globe.
China's National Energy Bureau (NEB) approved a series of technical standards designed to improve standards and process in the country's wind industry which will go into effect on November 1, 2011.
Energy Matters website reports that the Asia Pacific region's hunger for solar panels looks set to continue; and by 2015 will account for a quarter of global demand.
Rights groups in Cambodia have been calling for the reversal of decision by Prime Minister Hun Sen to reclassify a wildlife sanctuary as state land. Almost 30,000 hectares in Oddar Meanchey, Siem Reap and Preah Vihear provinces have been reclassified for agricultural development under four sub-decrees signed by the Prime Minister.
ReneSola Ltd withdrew its full-year outlook because of a sharp drop in wafer and modules prices, and the China-based solar wafer producer forecast third-quarter revenue below Wall Street view, sending its shares down 4 percent before the bell.
NYSE-listed China Ming Yang Wind Power Group has signed a strategic co-operation agreement with China Three Gorges New Energy Corp (CTGNE) to focus on offshore wind power development in Guangdong.
The agreement giving Ming Yang preferential supplier status in CTGNE wind power projects in Guangdong and paves the way for future joint developments in the domestic and international markets.
Danish wind turbine manufacturer Vestas has landed a contract from Powerica to supply 26 units for a 46.8MW facility for its Vandiya Power Wind Farm project in Gujarat, in the west of India.
The contract is for Vensta's V100-1.8MW turbine, which is designed for high productivity from low wind sites common in India, and includes supply and installation as well as a ten-year service and maintenance agreement.
A new solar photovoltaic power generation system, which can produce the same amount of electricity in an area about half the size of a conventional solar power plant, has been developed in Japan, according to a report in The Denki Shimbun.
This report by the World Bank spells out what the world would be like if it warmed by 4 degrees Celsius, which is what scientists are nearly unanimously predicting by the end of the century, without serious policy changes.
Companies in Asia reveal expectations that regulations that could lead to rising costs for reporting and reducing GHG emissions will also be the main sources of climate-related business opportunities.
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